Smart Ways to Give Glass Candle Holders a Second Life

After spending $60 (or more...gasp!) on a single candle, it makes sense to enjoy that luxury purchase as long as you can. Even after the candle has been burned, the pretty glass container it came in can still be used to beautify—and maybe even organize—your home. Careful, these brilliant ways to reuse a candle jar may reignite your diptyque obsession.

Above: Gritty Pretty puts a set of Diptyque candle holders to use sorting all of the typical bathroom essentials.

Follow Bryn Alexandra's lead and fill an empty glass candle holder with matches. Attach a strike strip (reuse one from an old matchbox) so you can light a candle without having to search for a lighter.

Repurpose all of those empty candle jars and mason jars you have lying around by crafting them into a modern take on the old-fashioned oil lamp. Follow the tutorial on A Piece of Rainbow, and be sure to keep on eye on these lamps when lit.